Minnesota Vikings: Jared Allen's hit ends Lance Louis' season

The heat is on Jared Allen after the Chicago Bears placed right guard Lance Louis on season-ending injured reserve because of a torn anterior cruciate ligament he suffered following a blind-side hit by the Vikings' defensive end.

Allen launched himself into Louis, near his head, during an interception return by Vikings cornerback Antoine Winfield. Louis' knee buckled and he was carried off the field.

After the game, Allen maintained he made a clean block but the Bears reacted angrily to the hit Monday, Nov. 26, and suggested the NFL should discipline him.

"Jared Allen plays the game a certain way, a good player in our league," coach Lovie Smith told Chicago media. "But I think there are some plays when you look at them again you say, 'Hey, we could have done without that.' I think our game could do without that play.

"We have an injured player right now based on it. I think you could have gotten a block a little bit differently. That's about all I should probably say about it. I'm sure the league will look at it and they'll give an opinion about what they think."

Allen said he was trying to block Louis so he could not get to Winfield.

"I thought it was a legal hit. He's running to make a tackle, so I just wanted to block him. I never intentionally try to hurt anybody. I turned around, he was running to make a tackle and I threw myself into him to make a block. My condolences to him and his family."